Bug#974911: debian-policy: Date in documentation varies with timezone

[Vagrant Cascadian]

Package: debian-policy
Version: 4.5.0.3
Severity: normal
Tags: patch
User: reproducible-builds at lists.alioth.debian.org
Usertags: timezone
X-Debbugs-Cc: reproducible-bugs at lists.alioth.debian.org

While the Makefile gets a consistent timestamp from debian/changelog,
the date may vary depending on timezone:

  43 	<p>This·is·Debian·Policy·version·4.5.0.3,·released·on·2020-08-19.</p>	43 	<p>This·is·Debian·Policy·version·4.5.0.3,·released·on·2020-08-20.</p>

The attached patch passes the --utc argument to date, to ensure a
consistent date regardless of the timezone of the build process.


Thanks for maintaining debian-policy!


live well,
  vagrant

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